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24.11 Benchmarks Game

Python 3 versus Lua fastest performance

How the programs are written matters! Always look at the source code.

If the fastest programs are hand-written vector instructions, does the host language matter? You might be more interested in the less optimised programs — more seconds, less gz source code.

fannkuch-redux
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Lua 603.40 19,652 469 603.36
Python 3 #6 1,033.31 19,312 391 1,033.27
Python 3 #4 302.37 19,312 960 1,196.45
Python 3 #8 2,259.59 19,312 414 2,259.50
n-body
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Lua #2 220.08 19,656 1200 220.07
Lua #4 223.32 19,656 1312 223.30
Lua 262.10 19,656 1207 262.08
Python 3 355.06 19,312 1201 355.05
Python 3 #2 374.16 19,312 1247 374.14
Python 3 #8 518.11 19,312 1172 518.09
spectral-norm
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Lua 78.68 19,652 335 78.68
Python 3 #6 347.53 19,316 334 347.52
Python 3 #4 90.52 19,308 415 359.95
Python 3 #8 379.97 19,440 334 379.96
Python 3 #7 97.11 19,316 425 380.79
mandelbrot
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Lua #3 345.71 19,656 364 345.68
Lua 348.76 19,656 365 348.74
Lua #2 376.55 19,656 373 376.53
Lua #6 114.06 282,112 630 400.14
Python 3 #7 172.20 19,312 698 687.68
Python 3 #3 861.76 19,312 319 861.73
Python 3 #2 235.71 95,164 790 926.30
Python 3 #5 257.00 19,312 463 1,026.96
Python 3 #8 1,528.00 19,364 379 1,527.73
fasta
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Lua #3 24.08 19,652 1065 24.08
Lua #2 24.15 19,652 1065 24.14
Python 3 #2 39.00 19,312 1126 39.00
Python 3 #3 39.12 19,312 1007 39.12
Python 3 #5 27.86 827,284 1951 53.94
Python 3 57.21 19,312 823 57.20
Python 3 #8 259.98 19,312 730 259.80
k-nucleotide
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Lua #2 97.17 596,604 620 97.16
Python 3 #3 50.15 262,368 1970 185.77
Python 3 #4 79.01 506,112 663 236.67
Python 3 238.45 499,072 499 237.78
Python 3 #8 238.78 623,448 525 237.93
Python 3 #9 68.33 379,392 614 238.74
reverse-complement
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Python 3 #3 4.86 507,712 803 4.86
Python 3 #5 4.09 1,500,716 960 7.41
Python 3 #2 10.08 1,788,136 440 10.08
Python 3 10.29 1,986,440 484 10.29
Python 3 #6 7.38 2,484,372 821 10.89
Python 3 #4 13.41 4,002,688 343 13.41
Lua #2 41.12 2,654,652 560 41.10
Lua #5 41.96 2,169,636 758 41.96
Lua #4 49.35 1,030,016 600 49.33
binary-trees
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Python 3 #2 100.90 271,872 344 100.89
Python 3 #4 33.61 276,992 481 121.96
Python 3 #5 35.49 274,816 669 126.17
Python 3 36.12 276,992 597 127.68
Lua #2 141.55 956,672 418 141.52
Python 3 #3 52.28 671,872 1247 149.07
Lua #3 83.71 809,856 690 167.26
Lua #4 48.65 956,672 670 180.27
Python 3 #8 558.92 798,336 535 558.85
pidigits
source secs mem gz cpu secs
* Python 3 #3 1.26 19,312 573 1.26
Python 3 #4 4.54 19,312 348 4.54
Python 3 #5   Failed  
* Lua #7   Failed  
* Lua #5   Failed  
* Lua   Failed  
regex-redux
source secs mem gz cpu secs
* Python 3 #2 1.35 168,236 1411 2.64
Python 3 8.91 432,220 515 16.44
Lua   Failed  
Python 3

Python 3.13.0

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